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James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell; (April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Me...view moreJames Branch Cabell; (April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare." Although escapist, Cabell's works are ironic and satirical. Mencken disputed Cabell's claim to romanticism and characterized him as "really the most acidulous of all the anti-romantics. His gaudy heroes ... chase dragons precisely as stockbrokers play golf." Cabell saw art as an escape from life, but found that, once the artist creates his ideal world, it is made up of the same elements that make the real oneview less
Books by James Branch Cabell
Modern Essays Domnei: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Comedy of Woman-Worship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jurgen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Line of Love; Dizain des Mariages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJurgen (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Comedy of Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jurgen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFigures of Earth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Comedy of Appearances Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5